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Ultimate Guide to Guitar Action: How to Measure and Adjust Action

Guitar action height

Find out how guitar action affects playability, how to measure action height and how to adjust your guitar’s action. Includes advice for different bridges and types of guitars.

Categories Guides, How-to Guides Tags acoustic, action, bridge, electric, fretboard, frets, intonation, neck, strings

Ultimate Guide to Guitar Intonation (With Diagrams)

Guitar intonation

Your guitar intonation is important to set up properly. Bad intonation will make you sound out-of-tune, even when your guitar strings are in-tune. Find out about intonation and how to adjust it in this guide.

Categories Guides, How-to Guides Tags action, bridge, fretboard, intonation, neck, truss rod, tuner

How to Break Out of the Pentatonic Box

Break out of the Pentatonic Box

Find out how to break out of the pentatonic scale and why so many guitarists get stuck in a rut. The Pentatonic scale is great to learn, but how you learn it matters.

Categories How-to Guides, Lessons Tags learning, pentatonic, practice, scales

Ultimate Guide to Reading Chord Diagrams (Tips and PDF)

How to read guitar chord diagrams

Find out how to read guitar chord diagrams with helpful photos, diagrams and tips. Includes a printable PDF with easy guitar chords.

Categories Essential Topics, Guides, How-to Guides, Lessons, Resources Tags capo, chords, guitar tab, learning, songs, strumming, tablature

How to Read Guitar TAB: Ultimate Guide with Diagrams

How to read Guitar TAB

Guitar TAB is easy to read once you learn what the numbers and symbols mean. Read this complete guide on how to read Guitar TAB symbols with diagrams.

Categories Essential Topics, How-to Guides, Lessons, Resources Tags guitar pro, guitar tab, tablature

Ultimate Guide to Reading Standard Notation for Guitar

How to read standard notation for guitar

Learn how to read standard notation for guitar in this detailed guide. You will learn how to read music and all of the symbols used in guitar music.

Categories Essential Topics, Guides, How-to Guides, Resources Tags chords, guitar tab, learning, standard notation

How to Tune a 12-String Guitar: Ultimate Visual Guide

How to tune a 12 string guitar

Find out how to tune a 12-string guitar in the most popular tunings with diagrams and easy instructions. Tune your 12-string guitar down or in open tunings with any chromatic tuner.

Categories Guides, How-to Guides Tags 12 string, open tuning, tuner, tunings

How to Play in Drop D Tuning Lesson (Writing Riffs, Power Chords, Arpeggios)

How to Play Drop D Tuning

Find out how to play in Drop D tuning with easy riff writing examples. Learn some simple power chord shapes, Drop D arpeggios and more in this lesson.

Categories How-to Guides, Lessons Tags chords, exercises, learning, songs, tunings

Ultimate Guide to Guitar Truss Rods: Adjustment, Tools, Covers, Intonation

Guide to guitar truss rods

Find out everything you would want to know about truss rods including how to adjust them, how they work, and how truss rods affect guitar playability.

Categories Guides, How-to Guides Tags action, intonation, maintenance, repair, truss rod

How to Memorize the Notes on the Fretboard (Two Methods)

How to memorize the fretboard

This guitar lesson will teach you two effective methods to memorize the notes on the fretboard. Memorize the fretboard easily with this practice plan and exercises.

Categories How-to Guides, Lessons Tags fretboard, frets, notes, scales

10 Wah Pedal Songs to Boost Your Creativity

Wah Pedal Songs

See how different guitarists use the wah pedal in creative ways in these 10 songs. Use these songs to fuel your creativity with the wah.

Categories Guides, How-to Guides Tags hendrix, joe satriani, metallica, rage against the machine, steve vai, wah, wah pedal

How to Use the Four Cable Method

4 Cable Method

This guide will explain the four cable method, the pros and cons, how to do it for different rigs along with diagrams and simple explanations.

Categories Essential Topics, Guides, How-to Guides Tags 4 cable method, amp, boss, line 6

How to Change Guitar Pickups: Step by Step with Tips

Guide to changing pickups

Changing your pickups can give your tone a huge boost. This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to upgrade your guitar’s pickups and why it’s worth it.

Categories Guides, How-to Guides Tags dimarzio, pickups, seymour duncan

7 Tips For a Great Guitar Amp Tone

Guitar Amp Tips

Get a great tone from your guitar amp using these simple tips. Before you consider upgrading your amp, make sure you get the most out of it.

Categories Essential Topics, Guides, How-to Guides Tags amp, tone

How to Daisy Chain Multiple Guitar Pedals

A daisy chain allows you to connect and power multiple guitar pedals from one power supply. Creating a daisy chain for your guitar pedals is easy, but there are a few things you need know first.

Categories How-to Guides Tags pedalboard, power supply, voodoo lab

Delay Time Calculator and Instructions

Delay Time Calculator

Use this calculator to work out the exact delay times in milliseconds (ms) needed for any song’s tempo in BPM. Includes instructions and delay pedal recommendations.

Categories Essential Topics, Guides, How-to Guides Tags boss, delay, flashback, line 6, tc electronic
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